Synonym: formalities, formalness. Similar words: normality, abnormality, normalize, normalise, formal, normal, formally, normally. Meaning: [fɔr'mælətɪ / fɔː'm-] 
n. 1. a requirement of etiquette or custom 2. a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies 3. compliance with formal rules.
n. 1. a requirement of etiquette or custom 2. a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies 3. compliance with formal rules. 
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31. Playfulness and formality can mingle, even at a wedding.
32. Nevertheless, their formality sits ill at ease with Esau's spontaneous show of love.
33. Nor do you have to go through the formality of claiming relief on it.
34. Immediate access without formality to the largest public collection of science literature in Northern Ireland.
35. By going through a particular formality, a qualitatively different posture is presented by the parties.
36. Formality has little bearing upon the materials that the pool is constructed from.
37. In Lewis's day, some formality was added to the proceedings by the undergraduate's wearing a gown. Sentencedict.com
38. I found some coins and gave them to him, surprised by the formality of his thanks.
39. The picture has an odd formality to it, a portrait of the Madonna on death row.
40. One chairman has commented that tribunals operate a sliding scale of formality.
41. Churchhill was said to have a dislike for unnecessary formality.
42. They were never intended to be observed out of mere formality and empty ritual.
43. The children in the formal classrooms were taught in a traditional way by teachers who were backed by decades of formality.
44. The registrar was a dignified man who behaved with the correct degree of formality.
45. Votes were a mere formality, a gesture towards Party democracy.
46. The formality of reading allows her to interact with me without uncertainty and anxiety.
47. But on the basis of past experience, this will be a formality if the policyholders vote in favour.
48. The after-class meetings didn't have the formality of a classroom.
49. But all students should have a purposeful course of study that goes beyond the formality of signing up for classes.
50. Anxiety about obtaining a college degree, which has now become a formality as well as a necessity.
51. So in some cases a compromise must be made, although this should not substantially alter the overall effect of formality.
52. The only formality required of a person who wishes to commence trading in this way concerns the naming of the business.
53. They help fill the gap between the constitutional formality and the political reality.
54. The degree of formality ranged from elaborate and schematic written documents to a simple mental rehearsal of what would happen next.
55. The resulting letters were written with an extraordinary formality, but the content was deeply moving.
56. But the smile is puckish indeed, and breaks through the formality of the posture often.
57. Gone are the days when the, existence of a signed building contract merely reflected a formality required by prudent businessmen.
58. They didn't even bother with the formality of retiring to consider the case.
59. Her pronouncements were delivered with the formality of a Vatican edict.
60. Mrs Kershaw was now weeping openly without the formality of a handkerchief.
More similar words: normality, abnormality, normalize, normalise, formal, normal, formally, normally, abnormal, informal, abnormally, supernormal, paranormal, semiformal, formaldehyde, malformation, malleability, quality, reality, banality, venality, equality, finality, tonality, morality, fatality, vitality, totality, legality, geniality.